Russian in China

[seansutton]

I have been living and working in China for a few years. I have loved learning Chinese, but have started to lose my ability to speak Russian of which I studied in Uni.

Anyone out there know of schools that will teach Russian part-time and admit foreigners?

Any contact info and city names would be great. I know they must be out there, but have almost on online links that I have been able to find.

Thanks in advance for any help.

[39degN]

I have been living and working in China for a few years. I have loved learning Chinese' date=' but have started to lose my ability to speak Russian of which I studied in Uni.

Anyone out there know of schools that will teach Russian part-time and admit foreigners?

Any contact info and city names would be great. I know they must be out there, but have almost on online links that I have been able to find.

Thanks in advance for any help.[/quote']

you are really funny, u even didnt mention which part of china are you living in... or maybe i shuold introduce Heilongjiang university to you?

[sunyata]

I have been living and working in China for a few years. I have loved learning Chinese' date=' but have started to lose my ability to speak Russian of which I studied in Uni.

Anyone out there know of schools that will teach Russian part-time and admit foreigners?

Any contact info and city names would be great. I know they must be out there, but have almost on online links that I have been able to find.

Thanks in advance for any help.[/quote']

yeah, you should probably mention your location in China first...

if you are in Beijing, you might wanan check out www.russianbeijing.com - it's a Russian club in Beijing - maybe you could get yourself a tutor or find some other opportunities.

if in shanghai - try www.russianshanghai.com

good luck

[seansutton]

In response to my original post,

Anyone out there know of schools that will teach Russian part-time and admit foreigners?

Any contact info and city names would be great. I know they must be out there, but have almost no online links that I have been able to find.

I am not being city specific because I am looking at all of China, I am simply looking for some real address', phone numbers, or web address'.

I have tried all of the simple methods like Heilongjiang Uni and such, but they simply are not in the business of teaching foreigners Russian part-time.

IF anyone knows of a program in ANY CITY in China that offers courses to foreigners and you have some contact info, it would much appreciated.

Also I dont really want to go bugging Russian students studying in China for the same reason that I hate Chinese students coming to me and saying "Lets be friends, I want to practice my English."

Thanks for any info you might have in advance.

[seansutton]

Sunyata, thanks for the link!

[39degN]

I am not being city specific because I am looking at all of China' date=' I am simply looking for some real address', phone numbers, or web address'.

I have tried all of the simple methods like Heilongjiang Uni and such, but they simply are not in the business of teaching foreigners Russian part-time.

IF anyone knows of a program in ANY CITY in China that offers courses to foreigners and you have some contact info, it would much appreciated.

Also I dont really want to go bugging Russian students studying in China for the same reason that I hate Chinese students coming to me and saying "Lets be friends, I want to practice my English."

Thanks for any info you might have in advance.

u mean the cource teaching russian in english? i'm afraid it's impossible, according to your love to russian(looking for a cource, no matter in which city around china), you should've gone to russia, not china, my advise.

[smithsgj]

What has English got to do with it? He speaks Chinese and still knows some Russian, he wants to brush up so he doesn't forget it but he lives and works in China.

39deg if you or any Chinese person lived in Taiwan or England and you wanted to sign up for a part-time course in Japanese (for example) there would be absolutely no problem. Why is it a problem in China.

It is strange though that Sean doesn't mind which city. Don't you have a job, and a base?

[Guest Merlin]

As a first post i would like to say that i was born in ukraine, thus i am also russian

If anyone needs help learning russian, i could help a little as i am forgetting russian already. But thats because im not reading russian almost at all now.... Although i can talk normally in russian.

So if anyone in this forum needs help i would love to help him!

[seansutton]

Thanks for most of your help. Other than one not so helpful post.

The truth of it is I am in Tianjin at the moment and I thoroughly unimpressed with the city. I lived in the NE for 3 years, but find that the dongbei was much more interesting than Tianjin. I would never recommend somebody come here. The pollution is quite bad and it's quite dirty. It makes Shenyang look like a garden city. Also people in the NE are much more friendly. Tianjin has been called the biggest countryside in China by some of the waidi people in Tianjin.

So I am coming to the end of a contract and am leaving my options open as to where I want to go. That is why I am saying any city is ok.

I am looking for either a school that teaches Russian to Chinese in Chinese that will let a foreigner join the class or for a Russian speaker in the area that is interested in making a little extra money.

lastly I know that the post is a little strange, but I think it is a rather strange request actually given the Chinese opinion about Russians and Russian.

Thanks,

[skylee]

The truth of it is I am in Tianjin at the moment and I thoroughly unimpressed with the city. I lived in the NE for 3 years, but find that the dongbei was much more interesting than Tianjin. I would never recommend somebody come here.

Yeah Tianjin is fairly disappointing.

[cometrue]

lastly I know that the post is a little strange' date=' but I think it is a rather strange request actually given the Chinese opinion about Russians and Russian.

Thanks,[/quote']

sorry, i treat strange people with strange style too.

we called the thing you did as 哗众取宠

and lastly BOSHOL NA HUI!

[cometrue]

As a first post i would like to say that i was born in ukraine' date=' thus i am also russian

If anyone needs help learning russian, i could help a little as i am forgetting russian already. But thats because im not reading russian almost at all now.... Although i can talk normally in russian.

So if anyone in this forum needs help i would love to help him![/quote']

SDLASTWIGIE!=Здравствуйте! sorry for that i cant type russian.

[roddy]

Cometrue, 39DegN, if you haven't got anything useful to say, why say anything?

Sean - I think finding a school that will teach you Russian wouldn't be too difficult - the foreign language universities for example, will all have Russian courses and be happy to take your inflated international student fees. However, there's no way they'll be set up for part-time courses. The training centers set up by the universities (or independent ones) may be a better bet.

This page has some info about one university - scroll down to the bottom for what might be a part-time course.

I think your best bet is to check the local papers where English language schools advertise - they'll also have adverts for schools teaching other foreign languages, though they're much less common. Quality of teaching isn't likely to be great though. In your situation, I would be more inclined to set up a financial / exchange deal with a Russian student.

Good luck

Roddy

[ala]

Try Shanghai.

上海外国语大学附属外国语学校 The Shanghai Foreign Language School (SFLS) has language programs, including Russian, for those who have already graduated from college. Chinese link: http://www.sfls.cn/ch/ch_index.asp (it's also in English). They have a forum that you might want to check out also. But I'm pretty sure they can offer what you are looking for.

华东师范大学 East China Normal University I believe has a Russian Studies Center as well as Russian language course offerings. I am certain one can work out a parttime program as well (when you mean part-time do you mean just part-time student or like evening classes?). Part-time student shouldn't be a problem; and large universities also have evening courses. You should contact 华东师范 directly for more information.

http://www.ecnu.edu.cn/englishban/s4.htm

Chinese link: http://www.ecnu.edu.cn/

Also try the Shanghai Institute of Foreign Trade and maybe even Fudan.

There are also many private language institutes in Shanghai (lots of Shanghainese want to go abroad), though most are English and Japanese. But Russian isn't that unpopular.

The Russian consulate general in Shanghai (pictured above) might also help you out.

200080, Shanghai, Huangpu Road, 20

Phone: +86 21 6324-8383, 6324-2682

Telex: (85) 337020

Fax: +86 21 6306-9982

E-mail: consul@online.sh.cn

Plus, Shanghai is a great city to work in (I'm biased naturally ). Don't worry too much about the dialect either, as everyone there can also speak Mandarin fluently and clearly, without the r r r r r too. http://www.shanghaiexpat.com/ Pretty informative with forums, guides, photos, classifieds, etc.

Check out for classifieds, cultural events, nightlife, guides, etc: http://www.thatsmagazines.com/home/index.asp?location=sh

[seansutton]

Cheers guys!

Your information is great! I was afraid a place like Shanghai might be a little too south, but I was wrong.

Thanks again!

[ala]

Hehe not too south at all, one of my cousins in Shanghai studied Russian and later went to Moscow for a couple of years. She's now in Austria though. I on the otherhand went with English and later Japanese..., so I completely understand your desire to maintain the other language.

Wish you the best of luck.

[39degN]

What has English got to do with it? He speaks Chinese and still knows some Russian' date=' he wants to brush up so he doesn't forget it but he lives and works in China.

39deg if you or any Chinese person lived in Taiwan or England and you wanted to sign up for a part-time course in Japanese (for example) there would be absolutely no problem. Why is it a problem in China.

It is strange though that Sean doesn't mind which city. Don't you have a job, and a base?[/quote']

hehe, first of all, it's never been a problem to take the course, the english class i m taking has some foreigners too. but i just feel this guy's so strange, i might wrong, and let me say sorry to him.

to brush up russian he can just listen to the voice of russia

http://www.vor.ru/index_eng.html

or surf all kind of sites in russian,

http://www.mail.ru/

or visit here

http://www.crazyrussian.net/

i dont think there are lots of native-speaking-teachers there in china. (my first foreign language was russian) and if the teachers were chinese, the course won't make sense.

Roddy i'm sorry for replying again, i just want to response smith's!

[sunyata]

wow, didn't realize there were some people here who can speak russian, besides me

Merlin, privet! ;) Ja iz Peterburga...davai znakomitsja

Ты из Украины, но теперь живёшь в Израиле?

Cometrue - stop cussing in russian

sean - if you still havent's found anything, let me know and I will post a message on a Russian forum about China - some people might be able to help or advise you there...you are even welcome to post yourself in English or Russian - www.polusharie.com and www.oriental.ru

Good luck and lep me know if you need any help.